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Day: <span>July 7, 2022</span>

Science News Roundup: Boeing’s Aurora to build Virgin Galactic spaceship carrier plane; Scientists at CERN observe three “exotic” particles for first time and more | Science-Environment

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Boeing’s Aurora to build Virgin Galactic spaceship carrier plane Virgin Galactic inked an agreement with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build the company’s new twin-fuselage carrier plane that will ferry its next-generation spaceship toward space, the companies announced on Wednesday.

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Minor injuries after plane crash lands near Highway 50 in Silver Springs

Two people had minor injuries after the Cessna 172B airplane landed after experiencing mechanical failure Wednesday night.

The plane landed on the north side of US Highway 50, approximately 4 miles east of the US 50/US 95A intersection in Silver Springs, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.

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UPDATE 1-Boeing’s Aurora to build Virgin Galactic spaceship carrier plane

Virgin Galactic inked an agreement with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build the company’s new twin-fuselage carrier plane that will ferry its next-generation spaceship toward space, the companies announced on Wednesday. Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm founded by billionaire businessman Richard Branson, has been building a more durable, mass-producable successor to its flagship SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, which drops from the underbelly of a carrier plane before rocketing to the edge of space for a few minutes. Aurora, Boeing’s aeronautics and aviation research unit, will build two new carrier planes that will support the SpaceShipTwo craft and its successor, which Virgin Galactic calls Delta-class vehicles.

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